A/N: The masses have spoken! And here is the epilogue! The sequel to this story will be posted hopefully by the end of next week under the title, " It started with an alley," this is the first chapter of that story. You guys are so amazing! thanks!!

There's something to be said about those moments that stop you in your tracks when you think about them. Those memories that changed everything. There's something special about that one decision that changed your life forever. And when you're a vampire, those memories are sketched into the skull of my head with perfect clarity.

"Come on!" shouted Rosalie attempting to pull me down the side walk towards school. "We're going to be late!" Over the years, or rather decades, Rosalie had lost her jealousy towards me. Granted, she was still shallow, but she was nice. "Bella!" she complained. "Any later and we won't get to walk on stage." She began to tap her foot because it really was impossible to move a vampire when they didn't want to be moved. She tugged my arm again annoying me profanely.

"Rosalie!" Alice snapped. "Do that again and Bella's going to bite your head off, and you won't have a graduation to be late to!"

"But she's just looking down an alley!" she complained.

Alice must have shrugged because Rosalie let out an impatient sigh and sat down on the side walk. Emmett's booming laughter sounded around the corner of the block and he came striding up to me, but quickly stopped at my glazed appearance. The Edward who was by my side instantly looking at Jasper confused. Desperation began to swell up inside me and then pain began to boil making me flinch. Then the confusion of it all and the lost hope crushed against my chest. Jasper flinched too.

Weak human memories seen with weak human eyes all so very dull, all so very distant when I tried to recall them. All except this one. A dark narrow alley in between two brick walls of a building. Open windows that could be quickly shut. Gravel underneath that sounded with a crunch each step you took with trash cans that could easily be slammed up against the other. This alley looked exactly the same.

If I hadn't walked down that alley, that newborn wouldn't have attacked me, and i wouldn't have suffered so.

If I hadn't walked down that alley, I wouldn't have fallen in love with Robert and wouldn't have felt that some unbearable pain when he had been destroyed.

If I hadn't walked down that alley, I wouldn't have fallen in love with Edward and he wouldn't be standing right next to me with a protective arm around my waist searching my eyes trying to figure out what was wrong.

The corners of my mouth twitched up. It was all because I had insensibly walked down that dark dangerous alley. Who knew something so bad could turn into something so good?

"It's the same," Jasper spoke with sudden realization. "It's the same feeling from the first time we met."

I tore my gaze from the alley way and began to slowly walk, even for a human, towards graduation. "And?" I asked wondering if he really could piece it together.

"You were in an alley. That's how it all started, that's how you were changed. You were in an alley."

"Yes," I shrugged scooting closer to Edward with a small smile playing on my lips.

Everyone gasped, except Edward ever so in control, and Rosalie even flinched no doubt remembering the time she had been changed. "Will you tell us?" asked Alice. "Yes, you will."

Edward rolled his eyes. "I was walking down an alley on my way home," I began. "When a newborn attacked me, although i didn't know it was a new born-"

"Only you would ever attract a newborn," Emmett laughed. How would he know? I wasn't exactly prone to accidents now. He gave a smug grin. "I sneaked a look at your medical records. Really Bella, breaking your arm three times in one year? 27 visits to the emergency room the year you were a sophomore? Well the first time anyway. Hit by an out of control lawn mower? Falling out a window? Oh and let's not forget tripping in Gym class after the basket ball you threw hit you on the head."

He began to laugh hysterically while Edward growled. Rosalie hit him on the back of the head and Alice stuck her tongue out. Jasper had to fight to hold his own laugh in. "I must say you would've kept my hospital busy if you had been human when you came to Forks," Carlisle chuckled appearing from while Emmett began rolling.

"Now hush!" ordered Esme and they all became silent besides the loud whack made from Rosalie's hand comming in contact with Emmett's head. "Hurry up or you'll miss graduation and I will not have my children miss such an important event!" We all rolled our eyes at that, but began running (at a human pace) towards the school building.

We were running and laughing and having such a good time we didn't see Alice's face blank or notice her stumble in her steps. We didn't think that fifty years later we'd have to see them again. The Volturi.

A/N: Don't forget the sequle. Review please!!